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Raspberry Pi 500 and Raspberry Pi Monitor are available now

By Liam Dawe, Dec 9

Just in time for the holiday season, Raspberry Pi have launched two new bits of hardware for you to tinker with the Raspberry Pi 500 and an official Raspberry Pi Monitor.

I will admit I had a nerdgasm at the portable pilet mini consoles from soulscircuit

By Liam Dawe, Dec 4

Powered by the Raspberry Pi 5, the incoming pilet devices from soulscircuit look like a chunky retro-tech enthusiasts wet dream and I want them.

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Steam Link gets upgraded for Raspberry Pi 5 and Raspberry Pi Bookworm

By Liam Dawe, Dec 4

While Valve no longer sell their Steam Link hardware, the idea lives on as an app you can install across various devices and recently Valve upgraded the Steam Link app for the Raspberry Pi platform.

New release of Raspberry Pi OS brings Wayland to all models with a new compositor

By Liam Dawe, Nov 4

The Raspberry Pi team have released a brand new version of the Raspberry Pi OS that brings with it Wayland support to all models.

Raspberry Pi launch their own SSDs and SSD Kits, along with SD Cards

By Liam Dawe, Oct 24

Raspberry Pi have recently expanded their hardware offerings with their own SSDs and SSD Kits, plus they're also selling their own SD Cards now too.

Raspberry Pi OS upgraded based on Debian 12 'Bookworm'

By Liam Dawe, Oct 11, 2023

Along with the newer Raspberry Pi 5, there's also now the release of the latest upgraded version of the Raspberry Pi OS based on Debian 12 'Bookworm' giving you a big bump to various software included.

Raspberry Pi 5 announced - still tiny, much more powerful

By Liam Dawe, Sep 28, 2023

Well this is a nice surprise to wake up to on a Thursday, as the Raspberry Pi 5 is now formally announced with some impressive specs. So here's the details.

Raspberry Pi 4 gets a graphics bump with Vulkan 1.2 conformance

By Liam Dawe, Aug 3, 2022

Are you still enjoying your Raspberry Pi 4? Well, there's a graphics bump coming thanks to all the work in the drivers with it hitting Vulkan 1.2 conformance.

box86 and box64 get Steam Play Proton working much better on Arm devices

By Liam Dawe, Apr 18, 2022

Are you planning to do some gaming on Arm devices? You need to take a look at the box86 and box64 projects, which are really quite impressive.

Raspberry Pi OS gets some big updates, possible to run experimental Wayland

By Liam Dawe, Apr 8, 2022

Raspberry Pi OS has been through a big update recently, which fans of the little devices need to be aware of for future setups and upgrades.

Time to update your Raspberry Pi with the new OS based on Debian 'bullseye'

By Liam Dawe, Nov 9, 2021

It's that time! The Raspberry Pi OS (formerly known as Raspbian) has done a major upgrade moving the package base from Debian buster to Debian bullseye.

Vulkan 1.1 conformance achieved for the Raspberry Pi 4

By Liam Dawe, Oct 26, 2021

Good news for fans of the tiny Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, as it has been announced that the v3dv Mesa driver has hit Vulkan 1.1 conformance officially now.

V3DV Vulkan driver for the Raspberry Pi 4 keeps on improving

By Liam Dawe, Mar 18, 2021

Soon, the Raspberry Pi 4 will become even better with the constant improvements being made to the V3DV Vulkan driver.

Raspberry Pi 4 Vulkan driver 'v3dv' continues advancing, watch the talk at FOSDEM 21

By Liam Dawe, Feb 4, 2021

Interested in keeping up with the Vulkan driver development on the Raspberry Pi 4? We have a new update for you and an upcoming event you might want to watch.

YoYo Games expand their Linux support in GameMaker Studio 2 to the Raspberry Pi

By Liam Dawe, Dec 21, 2020

The Raspberry Pi sure is a versatile device and thanks to GameMaker Studio 2 from YoYo Games, it might even end up as more of a gaming unit with newly added support for exported games.

Raspberry Pi OS has a big new release out switching to PulseAudio

By Liam Dawe, Dec 4, 2020

Time to warm up your little board as the Raspberry Pi OS has a big new releasing up for those of you sticking with the official Debian Linux based system.

Vulkan for the Raspberry Pi 4 with V3DV is now conformant and official

By Liam Dawe, Nov 24, 2020

Great news for the Vulkan API and for fans of the Raspberry Pi 4, as the upcoming V3DV that will be part of the next Mesa release is now an official conforming driver.

Meet the Raspberry Pi 400, a complete setup inside a tiny keyboard

By Liam Dawe, Nov 2, 2020

The folks at the Raspberry Pi Foundation have done it again, they've managed to launch a product I really don't need but absolutely want with the Raspberry Pi 400.

Ubuntu 20.10 rolls out today, along with official support for the Raspberry Pi 4

By Liam Dawe, Oct 22, 2020

While users who want a properly stable base to game with should probably stick to Ubuntu 20.04 which is the long-term support release, the Ubuntu 20.10 'Groovy Gorilla' update is out today.